November 23, 2017

Cripple Punk (CPunk) began thanks to the late Tyler Trewhella.

We should never forget our history. Cripple Punk as a movement, was started by them in 2014. It began as a movement all about fighting for disability rights and rejecting inspirational portrayals that infantilize disabled people based on their physical disabilities.

Tyler proposed that disabled people didn't need to be "morally good" when one day they posted a photo of themself holding a cigarette on tumblr. It caused waves of upset but they stood their ground. Yes they were a flawed disabled person and that is okay. They still deserve to be respected as much as any other person, disabled or otherwise and it should not be conditional. We all do.

Tyler (or Tai) passed away in Novemeber of 2017.

[ID: An art nouveau inspired digital artwork depicting Tyler, a white pale and lean nonbinary person with short dark hair, a cigarette resting in their mouth, and a black cane covered in stickers. They are wearing a spiked choker, a burgundy over-shirt, over a black shirt, and black jeans. Behind them is a wreath of yellow roses.]